අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය නාරාහේන්පිට අභයාරාම පුරාණ විහාරස්ථානයේ විහාරාධිපති බස්නාහිර පළාත් ප්‍රධාන සංඝනායක, අති පූජ්‍ය මුරුත්තෙට්ටුවේ ආනන්ද නාහිමියන් බැහැ දැකීමට අද 2021.01.26 දින එම විහාරස්ථානයට ගිය  ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා උන්වහන්සේගේ සුව දුක් විමසා බැලුවේය. අති පූජ්‍ය මුරුත්තෙට්ටුවේ ආනන්ද නාහිමියන්ගේ  78වැනි ඡන්ම දිනය අද දිනට යෙදී ඇති අතර ඡන්ම දිනය වෙනුවෙන් සුභාශිංසන එක් කළ අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා […]

By P. K. Balachandran courtesy Eurasia Review Containers stacked at Sri Lanka’s Colombo port. Photo Credit: Rehman Abubakr, Wikipedia Commons Japan Overseas Infrastructure Investment Corporation (JOIN) and India’s Adani Port are among foreign and Sri Lankan companies seeking a stake in the container terminal The Sri Lankan government has asked stakeholders in Colombo Port’s East Container […]

Courtesy 5pillarsuk The Sri Lankan government has said it will not comply with a United Nations report on Sri Lanka which demands the country stop forcibly cremating Muslim COVID-19 victims.  Cabinet spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella said that Colombo is not prepared to take any steps which will harm the sovereignty of the nation. Yesterday UN human rights experts said the […]

Courtesy Adaderana Co-Cabinet Spokesperson Minister Keheliya Rambukwella says the government will look into and take necessary actions regarding any violations of human rights that have taken place during the country’s civil war period. His remarks came during the press briefing held this morning (January 26) to announce the Cabinet decisions. The government is of the […]

Courtesy Adaderana A special mutation of SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes Covid-19, has been detected in Sri Lanka, says the Director of Department of Immunology and Molecular Medicine of Sri Jayewardenepura University, Dr. Chandima Jeewandara. He made these remarks issuing a special statement today (January 26). This mutation of the virus is different from the […]

Courtesy Hiru News Foreign Affairs Minister Dinesh Gunawardena stated that a detailed draft of the response to the charges mentioned in the report submitted by the UN High Commissioner regarding Sri Lanka will be submitted to the Human Rights Commission in Geneva tomorrow (27). Meanwhile, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa appointed a 3-member Commission of Inquiry (CoI) […]

Courtesy Hiru News 01 more COVID- 19, death reported increasing COVID- 19, death toll in Sri Lanka to 288. The deceased has been identified as a 71 year old frmale residing in Ragama. She was diagnosed while receiving treatment at the Welisara Base Hospital, and transferred to the National Infectious Diseases Unit. A statement issued […]

Courtesy Hiru News Army Commander Shavendra Silva stated that another 379 corona infected persons have been reported. According to the Government Information Department, the number of coronavirus infections reported so far today has increased to 755. This is the seventh consecutive day where more than 700 persons have been reported a day. Meanwhile Sri Lanka […]

Courtesy Hiru News The Prime Minister instructed the authorities to expedite the repatriation of foreign workers who are expecting to return to Sri Lanka. The Prime Minister made this observation at a discussion held at Temple Trees on the repatriation of Sri Lankan workers abroad, according to the Prime Minister’s Media Unit. Piyankara Jayaratne, State […]

Fact 1:India will always interfere in Sri Lanka’s internal affairs Fact 2:India will always attempt to destabilize Sri Lanka Fact 3:International Relations is based on no permanent enemies, no permanent friends, only permanent interests. Permanent friends & enemies change from time to time. Fact 4:All nations know the value of Sri Lanka’s geopolitical positioningexcept Sri Lanka’s leaders & advisors Fact 5:Sri Lanka has […]

C.Wijeyawickrema, LL.B., Ph.D. Sweet dreams are made of this Who am I to disagree I travel the world and the seven seas Everybody’s looking for something. Some of them want to use you Some of them want to get used by you Some of them want to abuse you Some of them want to be […]

By M D P DISSANAYAKE The series against England was umpired by world renowned our own Kumar Dharmasena with not to renowned Ruchira Palliyaguru.  Throughout the series, the UMPIRES CALL” haunted Sri Lanka. The two umpires were far too strict for the Sri Lankans, perhaps unwilling to be seen and criticised bias against England.  But […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS The storming of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on January 6, 2021 has made a significant impact on the domestic politics of the USA. It is   seen as a possible sign of things to come. The Capitol attack was preceded by several other similar events. There was a white    supremacist rally, in Charlottesville, […]

By India.com News Desk Experts say herd immunity is said to have been developed in a population segment if 50-60 per cent of those are found to have the presence of antibodies in a sero-prevalence survey. New Delhi: The results of fifth round of sero-prevalence survey in the national capital indicate that people of Delhi could be […]

Courtesy BBC Coronavirus is continuing its spread across the world with almost 100 million confirmed cases in 191 countries and more than two million deaths. The virus is surging in many regions and countries that had apparent success in suppressing initial outbreaks are also seeing infections rise again. Which countries have vaccinated the most? Several […]

By P.K.Balachandran/newsin.asia Colombo, January 25: In all likelihood, Sri Lanka will face a tough resolution at the March session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva as the draft report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) indicates. Admittedly, what Colombo has received is only a draft of the OHCHR’s case against […]

by P.K. Balachandran Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, January 25 (Counterpoint): Sri Lanka is gearing up for a hard battle at the 46 th.,Session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva in February –March. While the core group, comprising UK, Canada, Macedonia, Germany and Montenegro, are working on a draft consensual resolution”, the High Commissioner for […]

By Feizal Samath Courtesy ttgasia Sri Lanka has welcomed its first batch of visitors from Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland, after reopening its borders to foreign tourists last Thursday, following a 10-month pandemic-induced closure. The lifting of the ban on all commercial travellers, bar those from the UK which is currently under lockdown amid a virus […]

By Ifham Nizam and Rathindra Kuruwita Courtesy The Island The Forest Conservator General has estimated the cost of restoring a section of the Kallaru Forest Reserve, which suffered extensive damage due to the establishment of a village, at Rs. 1.07 billion. The Court Appeal has ordered that SJB MP Rishad Bathiudeen, responsible for clearing part […]

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Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka has reported four more coronavirus related deaths, the Director-General of Health Services confirmed. Accordingly, Sri Lanka has witnessed a total of 287 deaths from the COVID-19 to date. Meanwhile, the COVID-19 case count in the country is at 59,167 with 8,547 active cases receiving treatment in hospitals. A total of 50,337 […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka’s Covid-19 numbers saw another surge today, as 354 more persons were tested positive for the virus. Department of Government Information confirmed that all 354 of the newly-identified patients are close contacts of earlier cases linked to the Peliyagoda fish market cluster. Accordingly, a total of 737 new cases have been reported […]

Courtesy Adaderana Kandy District Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) parliamentarian Wasantha Yapa Bandara is confirmed to have contracted the COVID-19 infection. Accordingly, he is the sixth Member of the Parliament to have been diagnosed with the virus. Starting with State Minister Dayasiri Jayasekera, MP Rauff Hakeem, State Minister Piyal Nishantha, Minister Vasudeva Nanayakkara, and Health […]

Ashley de Vos Stemming from the advice given by Arahat Mahinda to King Devanampiya Tissa (3 C.BCE), that all beings including the animals in the forest and the birds in the air have a right to live, tradition dictated that all precious resources, are always protected. The thick forest covered hills and mountains, referred to, […]

Palitha Mapatuna It is possible that an individual might hide behind the legal immunity of parliamentary privilege  and, disregarding moral principles, engage in direct or implicit defamation of another or others. Such defamation may happen either through the defamer’s own intention or by instigation of others. If this occurs, it seems contrary to the intention […]

– divaina ශ‍්‍රී ලංකාවට වඩාත්ම ජාත්‍යන්තර කීර්තියක් ගෙන ආ ක‍්‍රීඩාව ක‍්‍රිකට් ය. කලක් බොහෝ විදේශිකයන් ශ‍්‍රී ලංකාව හැඳින සිටියේ ‘සනත් ජයසූරියගේ රට’ ලෙසිනි. ශ‍්‍රී ලංකාව ජාත්‍යන්තර ක‍්‍රීඩා තලයේ සලකුණක් තැබුවේ අර්ජුන රණතුංගලා, අරවින්ද සිල්වාලා 1996 ක‍්‍රිකට් ලෝක කුසලානය ජය ගත් පසුවය. වර්තමානයේ නොමැති වූවද මේ රටේ ජනතාව ක‍්‍රිකට් හුස්ම ගන්නා ජනතාවකි. ඔවුන්ගේ ලේ වලටම ක‍්‍රිකට් […]

LOUISE WALSH Courtesy breakingnews.ie Please take vitamin D to help protect against Covid-19 while the vaccine is being rolled out — this is the urgent message from a group of Irish medical experts. The experts from Ireland’s leading universities have appealed to the Government to issue updated guidelines for all Irish adults on vitamin D […]

By Ivanhoe Broadcast News | January 19, 2021 at 9:11 AM CST – Updated January 19 at 5:13 PM ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Vitamin D is an important nutrient that helps your body absorb calcium. But studies show about 40 percent of Americans don’t get enough of the vitamin. And, new research is suggesting low vitamin […]

Courtesy The Indian Express Talking about the aim of the exploration, Union Minister of State for Tourism and Culture, Prahlad Singh Patel, said, The world should get to know about the Ram Setu through evidence based on scientific research.” Also, Ram Setu’s age will be ascertained through the study of fossils and sedimentation to see […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Widespread COVID-19 cases have been reported from each district in the country yesterday and that more than 100 cases have been reported from Colombo, Gampaha and Kandy districts. A total number of 724 COVID-19 patients have been detected in the country yesterday and the majority of 197 cases were reported from […]